Thank you.” He shook my hand, and then reached out and shook Charlie’s hand before heading out.I turned back to my family, and saw that Marilyn wa... standing away slightly, her cell phone to her ear, and one hand over her other ear, so she could hear the conversation. She had a look of horror on her face, and tears were forming. She looked to be in shock, and she hung up the phone and stared at me. “What’s wrong?” I asked.“It’s Harlan! He’s dead!”“WHAT?”“That was Anna Lee. She’s been trying to. I dipped my toes into the cool water and sighed. It was lovely feeling and I wanted oh-so-bad to dive in. But I didn’t have a bathing suit. Seth must have realized this and smiled over at me. ‘You know, I promise not to look if you wanna jump in, with or without clothes,’ he added belatedly, blushing softly. I giggled and nodded my head. I quickly stripped and dashed into the cool welcoming water. I yelled out it was ok he could look now. He then stood up and stripped off his shirt and jeans. . whatever worked!The ambulance arrived pretty quickly, considering that this was a city, and they whisked her off, quick as you please, leaving the cook and I standing there with nothing to do.“Look, not to be a jerk, but you shouldn’t be in the kitchen. Company policy. Even Melissa shouldn’t, but I let her keep her pre-natal stuff in the fridge, you know?”I waved him off. “No problem, sorry about that. What are you going to do? Close up? You have no waitress!”He shook his head. “We got a list. “Hello, Miss Suzie, you look very fuckable today.” Which was true, cut off denim shorts, white t-shirt with Marc Bolan's face on the front in black, and two peanuts highly visible. “My Father wants to meet you after you have checked the sick ones.”“It is about time. We should have met earlier but you know how busy we've been since arriving.”The three checks were quickly done, and things were going well, more meds issued and some dressings changed and that was it. Now to meet the Chief,.